The Academy is positioned to:

• Deliver practical and customized entrepreneurship modules designed to meet the entrepreneur’s needs and objectives
• Elicit an International community of the most innovative investors, entrepreneurs and thought leaders.
• Expand entrepreneurs’ network of customers, partners and investors.
• Offer entrepreneurs Mentorship and Coaching Programs.
• Build market-based ecosystems for broad-based wealth creation by combining various support structures; from government, corporations and educational institutions.
• Cultivate entrepreneurship qualities such as resilience, adaptability, drive, ability to deal with ambiguity, self- discipline, leadership, global perspectives amongst others.

Why Engage Tumi Frazier Academy:

• To unlock potential in women and youth entrepreneurs by cultivating essential qualities, attitude and effective work habits that enable them to compete in the 21st century economy.
• To elevate the entrepreneurial thinking and mindset of women and youth to foster innovation, creativity, problem solving, collaboration, ability to identify opportunities and ignite ambition.
• To enable entrepreneurs to acquire a robust portfolio of evidence of learning, reflections and experiences demonstrating achievement of learning goals and outcomes; to ensure business success.
• Increased levels of accountability and commitment resulting in high performance culture and profits.
• Programs are backed by mentoring and coaching modalities resulting in the removal of self-imposed limitations.
• Observable performance improvement, long – term change and effectiveness.

Entrepreneurship Development Program

The Workshops, Master Classes, Coaching or Mentorship sessions are structured according to the level of the entrepreneur, the entrepreneur’s needs and the stage of the enterprise.

Women’s High Growth Accelerator
Liberty, Standard Bank and Tumi Frazier Academy have partnered on a commitment to the growth and development of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in South Africa and across the African continent.

The candidates are enrolled in a 12-week program aimed at enhancing both their personal and entrepreneurship skills.

At the end of the program, these high potential women entrepreneurs are granted opportunity to showcase their businesses, brands, products and services to prospective clients and decision-makers in large corporations.

The Selection Process

Twenty Five (25 -30) Women owned enterprises across different industries are invited to participate in the program. Through a vigorous selection process, the finalist are selected.

• The business must be a registered company that has been fully operational for a minimum of 3 years or more with 2 or more employees.
• The business owner has to be a champion of social change
• Innovative, with an ability to resolve some socio-economic challenge or fulfill a need.
• Must be willing and eager to learn
• Committed to service excellence
• High level of integrity and ambiguity tolerant
• Flexible
• Inspirational leader-builder of enduring relationships
• Must have capacity to share learning with others